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Advancements in humanoid robots, the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology has developed an entertainer robot. She stands near 5′3″ and weighs 132 lbs.
Shown is one of the better pics, in the others she is more noticeably inhuman due to her mannequin-like eyes and brows.
This is a source of endless fascination to me, how robotics (and computer animation) are always a bit off due to the soullessness of the eyes and the overly-smooth features, expressions and movements.
A topic near and dear to my heart, “pop-culture fascination with female robots.” However, I found the list strangely lacking. Is our society really that bereft of robot women?
Here’s one I adore:
The “False Maria” from Metropolis.
The Terminatrix: Neat concept, poorly executed.
My favorite image from the article, based on its garish, nightmarish quality. I’ve never seen the show it’s from, the Bionic Woman.
I’m not sure what drives a lot of robot fetishists out there, I think they imagine big complacent women-dolls, ready to oblige their every whim. On Planet Amy, robot chickies are FIERCE!!! My fixation is based on the concept of an idealized woman, no longer prone to being the weaker sex - in terms of physical strength. Is it obvious how difficult that last sentence was to type? >;)
In searching for an image of Maria winking (which I never found, if you have - please send!) I learned that female robots are also referred to as “gynoids.” Sounds like a condition. On Wikipedia, it shows that someone has proposed to merge “fembot” into the “gynoid” article. No sir, I don’t like it! Either term, really.
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